There's a lot of desire; condoms, few / Sex with Esther

In these modern times, the desire to sleep hasn't diminished, but the sanity when it comes to protecting it has. According to a recent report by the World Health Organization (WHO), between 2014 and 2022, condom use among sexually active adolescents plummeted: among men, from 70 to 61 percent; among women, from 63 to 57 percent. In other words, today more than 4 out of 10 young people take the plunge, leaving the ground floor unprotected.

Even worse: nearly a third of the teens admitted to not using a condom or a birth control pill during their last trip to the bunk . They left their substandard apartment in the lurch, exposed to all sorts of viruses, bacteria, and scares.

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But this isn't simply an individual's negligence. It's a symptom of something bigger: many educational systems have decided to bury their heads in the sand, withdrawing or limiting sex education under the absurd premise that teaching about condoms stimulates desire. As if teaching how to wear a seat belt causes pile-ups.

While young people blindly explore their ground floor, the adults responsible for their upbringing continue to fuel the myth that silence protects. Nothing could be further from the truth: ignorance only leaves the most vulnerable and the cot a minefield.

Therefore, if anything should be clear, it's that teaching how to protect oneself doesn't kill passion, it dignifies it. Using a condom doesn't extinguish passion: it gives it license to shine without setbacks. And not doing so can cost much more than an unplanned pregnancy or an infection; it can cost years of projects, studies, well-being... and a big scare downstairs.

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The call is urgent: while desire remains young and spirited, adults must act with the wisdom of those who understand that talking about cots, desires, and lower occupancy is not inciting sin, but rather protecting life.

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Because pleasure without care is a risk, but informed and protected pleasure... that's an art that deserves to be celebrated. See you later.